Also available in French under the title: La cohérence des politiques au service du développement 2007 : migrations et pays en développement.

pt. 1. International migration today. Human mobility in the new century -- International labour mobility : a view from the sending countries -- pt. 2. The migration cycle : issues and impact for sending countries. Economic effects of migration on the home country -- Departure of labour : when does the home country benefit? -- The brain drain and negative social effects : when is the home country hurt? -- Remittances and the reduction of vulnerability -- Diaspora networks -- Return -- pt. 3. Policy coherence for migration and development. Interlinkages between migration, trade and aid -- What role for OECD country migration policies? -- Integrating international migration into development strategies -- Coherence of policies for more effective management.

This edition of the Development Center's annual report on policy coherence focuses on migration. The book examines the costs and benefits of migration for developing countries and how these flows can be better organized to yield greater benefits for all parties concerned -- migrant-sending countries, migrant-receiving countries, and the migrants themselves. It takes stock of what we know about the effects of migration on development, and distills from that knowledge a set of policy recommendations for sending and receiving countries alike. It draws on a large number of country and regional case studies coordinated by the OECD Development Center to illustrate the mechanisms that link migration and development: labor-market effects, brain drain, remittances, diaspora networks and return migration.--Publisher's description.